Raw Vegan Thin Mints

What were your favorite things as a kid?

I’m about to come out as a huge nerd to all of you, but my favorite thing as a kid was Lord of the Rings. I was obsessed with it. I bought books delving into the symbolism and archetypes behind Tolkien’s works, books about the world of Middle Earth and its history. I used to pretend I was Arwen, the Lady of Rivendell, and I even made myself her Evenstar pendant out of Sculpey clay. It was absolutely fantastic. And then, when I was 11, I went to an actual Lord of the Rings camp, where we painted this huge mural of Hobbiton and did nerdy LOTR stuff. It was awesome. And now I’m finally watching The Hobbit trilogy, and I’m just loving every second of it.

Sometimes it’s nice to escape into another world, where elves and dragons and wizards live. I see a lot of similarities between Lord of the Rings and the uber-popular Game of Thrones (which I’m also in love with) – both are epic tales of good, evil, and everything in between. With dragons here and there, of course. But to me, LOTR will always be the OG of fantasy, if you know what I mean. And even though George R. R. Martin keeps us on our toes by killing off unsuspecting characters left and right, there is something magical and beautiful about J. R. R. Tolkien’s tale of good triumphing over evil. (And yes, both authors have two R initials in their names. Coincidence?)

These cookies here are another flashback to my childhood. I was a Girl Scout for a few years, and every year we did our much-anticipated cookie sale. My favorite cookies were the Thin Mints – which are actually vegan now! But I couldn’t resist making a raw version, as raw vegan desserts are kind of my jam. Which is mostly because I’m a terrible baker. But I digress….

These raw vegan thin mints are super simple to make, with only a handful of ingredients and minimal prep time. Plus, there are no weird additives or processed ingredients like in their packaged counterparts – no high fructose corn syrup or soy lecithin, and no artificial flavors. (Why would you even bother making cookies with artificial chocolate and mint flavoring, when it’s so easy to get it naturally?!) The flavors in these cookies are all natural, friends. And that’s the way I like it!

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YES omg we need to talk about LOTR. I actually haven’t read the last book yet but I love Tolkien’s storytelling and his writing! I am also the biggest fan of Arwen and Aragorn. For reals. I do think Harry Potter was a bigger part of my childhood, though :D These raw vegan thin mints sound delicious- the only ingredients I’m missing are walnuts and peppermint oil!

Sarah

You’ll be sad to know then that I’ve never even seen 1 minute of Lord or the Rings, nor read one sentence of the books :P Hahaha!
But chocolate mint…ANYTHING, has always been my love and always will be!

Sarah

I love this post! I totally relate to the LOTR nerding out :) when I was younger my cousins and I used to play LOTR over christmas break. We would run through giant snow banks and pretend to be the hobbits on their journey. It was the best. We still end up watching at least one (if not all) of the extended version movies when we get together. I also maybeeee (okay definitely) have all of the books on audiobook on my ipod. Anddddd these thin mints look totally awesome <3

Sarah

So now I’m feeling old – Lord of The Rings was like a thing late in high school for me – so for it to be your “kid” thing made me go “wait how old am I?!?!?” Haha. Things I was into as a kid? It was the Pokemon card days ;) and Nintendo 64 (the original) and lets not forget those super rad sonic the hedgehog pogs! Okay now I’m feeling old. Lots of hugs to you sweet girl – these thin mints sound deeeeelish! xoxo

Sarah

Ah! This post makes me so happy! I was raised on everything high fantasy and LOTR was a HUGE part of my life growing up (it still is a huge part of my life, haha!) I actually used to pretend I was Gandalf. I still think I would like to be Gandalf…
I usually end up having a marathon of all the movies from both LOTR and the Hobbit at least once a year (and I cannot get through any of them without crying). Oh man, this is making me want to reread all of the books again!

Sarah

I ended up buying three packs of thin mints from my coworker (he was helping his daughter so I guess it was for a good cause!) so I feel a bit guilty! Even though they are vegan now there is still all that high-fructose-crap in there! So I was so happy you come on the internet today and see these! And I am totally on the same page as you, I love escaping into another world which is why I am so enamored with fantasy. Going to reread LOTR after I finish my current book!